Friends Along the Way: A Journey Through Jazz

by Gene Lees

Book Overview

For more than half a century, jazz writer and lyricist Gene Lees has been the friend of many in the world of jazz music. In this delightful book he offers minibiographies of fifteen of these friends--some of them jazz greats, some lesser-known figures, and some up-and-comers. Combining conversations and memoirs with critical commentary, Lees's insightful and intimate profiles will captivate jazz fans, performers, and historians alike.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300099673
• ISBN13: 9780300099676
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.5"